Hi Everyone, The Capetown Declaration is a significant step towards Open Education - yes, I have signed it.
The trouble is, that many educational institutions may not know how to truly operationalize it, to move forward to achieve this important goal. As WikiEducators, we can certainly help! <smile> - Randy On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 1:41 AM, john stampe <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Nellie for the link. The last entry was in December of 2007, before > I joined WE, so I had not noticed it before. > > >I wonder if some of the members changed their minds since 2007? > > First, there were not many members at that time. And I think many members, > especially those joining since 2007, did not know of the Cape Town > declaration. > > > http://www.wikieducator.org/User:JohnWS > http://johnsearth.blogspot.com > > ------------------------------ > *From:* NELLIE DEUTSCH <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Friday, August 21, 2009 6:35:14 PM > > *Subject:* [WikiEducator] Re: Cape Town Open Eduacation Declaration > > Thank you for bringing up the topic. I signed the declaration as an > individual but have you seen the discussions on WikiEducator: > http://wikieducator.org/Talk:Open_Education_Declaration > I wonder if some of the members changed their minds since 2007? > Warm wishes, > Nellie Deutsch > http://www.nelliemuller.com > Doctoral Student > Educational Leadership > Curriculum and Instruction > Get ready for CO10: http://connecting-online.ning.com/ > Free online workshops on WikiEducator: > http://www.wikieducator.org/Workshops > > > On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 4:22 AM, john stampe <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Wayne, sorry to rain on your parade ;-(. >> >> I do not doubt that OERF is very much committed to the goals of the Cape >> Town declaration, I actually thought is was more of an oversite, since as >> you say OERF is a new non-profit. >> >> Anyway, I am glad to see that we will have a big launch of OERF, >> >> I like the idea of having a Wikieducator signing initiative on Software >> Freedom Day. An informal workgroup might be a good idea. >> >> I was also an early signatory to the declaration, long before I had even >> heard of WE. :-) >> >> http://www.wikieducator.org/User:JohnWS >> http://johnsearth.blogspot.com >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Wayne Mackintosh <[email protected]> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Sent:* Friday, August 21, 2009 5:32:48 PM >> *Subject:* [WikiEducator] Re: Cape Town Open Eduacation Declaration >> >> Hi John that's a very astute observation :-) >> >> You will see that I'm personally one of the early signatories of the >> declaration -- see the bottom of this page: >> http://www.capetowndeclaration.org/read-the-declaration :-) >> >> Also, Otago Polytechnic (the host institution of the OER Foundation) is >> also a signatory of the Cape Town Open Education Declaration) -- I can >> assure you that we're 150% behind the document. >> >> WikiEducator committed to the Free cultural works definition ( >> http://freedomdefined.org/Definition) before the inception of the Cape >> Town Open Education Declaration. >> >> I've been holding my breath that no one would notice the absense of the >> OERF signature - we're a new non profit -- Now the cat is out of the bag >> ;-) -- We're planning the official launch of the OER Foundation to coincide >> with Software Freedom Day which is celebrated on 17 September around the >> world. We've been holding back on the official launch of the OER Foundation >> for this important day. See: >> >> http://softwarefreedomday.org/ >> >> One of our planned activities will be the OERF's official signing of the >> Cape Town Open Content Declaration. Now that our launch "secret" is now >> public -- perhaps we should plan a global WikiEducator initiative invloving >> individuals signing the Open Content Declaration and having a page dedicated >> to all WikiEducators who sign the declaration on SFD. >> >> No need for a WE council decision on this -- we adopted free content >> licensing as a core value of WE from the start of the project :-). Is a >> non-negotiable value of the community. >> >> Perhaps we need an informal workgroup to plan activities around SFD >> coinciding with the official launch of the OERF. >> >> Thoughts? >> >> Cheers >> Wayne >> >> >> >> 2009/8/21 john stampe <[email protected]> >> >>> The Wikieducator website home page has a link to the Cape Town Open >>> Eduacation Declaration (even though indirectly through the featured >>> institution section). But looking through the list of signatories, I noticed >>> that the OER Foundation is not a signatory to the declaration. >>> >>> Not sure if such a decision would need to be approved by the Council. >>> >>> P.S. All wikieducators should also sign the declaration if you have not >>> already. You can sign here: >>> http://www.capetowndeclaration.org/sign-the-declaration >>> >>> http://www.wikieducator.org/User:JohnWS >>> http://johnsearth.blogspot.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. >> Director, >> International Centre for Open Education, >> Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. >> Board of Directors, OER Foundation. >> Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, www.wikieducator.org >> Mobile +64 21 2436 380 >> Skype: WGMNZ1 >> Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > > -- Best regards, Randy PS. Here's a link to some info about me: http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Randyfisher ________________ Randy Fisher MA, OMD * Change Management, Learning & Performance * Stakeholder Engagement, Virtual Collaboration & Communities of Practice * Organization Design & Development * Coaching & Facilitation * E-Learning + 1 604.684.2275 (Pacific Time) [email protected] http://www.wikieducator.org - Member, WikiEducator Community Council Skype: wikirandy "Open Education is a Sustainable & Renewable Resource. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
